24-Hour Cologne Hop-On Hop-Off Bus Tour

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Cologne, Germany

from 24 reviews

3.48/5

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Take advantage of a 24-hour hop-on hop-off ticket

Discover Cologne's highlights like the Cathedral and the city wall

Learn more about the eventful history of the city with the audioguide

What to expect

Discover Cologne, the vibrant metropolis on the Rhine, and see its most important sights from the top deck of a red double-decker bus. Hop on and off wherever you want and explore the city at your own pace with a ticket that is valid for 24 hours!Join a 90-minute ride through Cologne and learn more about the eventful history of the city, associations and personalities. During the tour, pass many of the city's highlights, including the cathedral, the historic city wall, the banks of the Rhine including Rheinauhafen, the zoo and the Mediapark.Take advantage of your hop-on hop-off ticket and leave the bus at one of the 14 stops, explore the surrounding highlights on foot or visit one of Cologn's many museums, then simply get on the next bus.

What's included

Audio guide

24-hour hop-on hop-off bus ticket

What to remember

Know in advance:

Your ticket is valid for 24 hours

Infants (age 0-3) get free admission

Caregivers of people with category B disabilities (a person whose disability ID includes the B marker) are entitled to accompany them for free

Buses are equipped with a ramp and two wheelchair spaces (only located on the lower deck)

The tour has 14 stops and takes 90-minutes if you don't get off

Departures from the different stops have a frequency of approximately every 30 minutes

You'll find the map in the photo gallery

1. Cathedral Burgmauer / Tourist-Info (10.00 am - 5.00 pm); 2. Old Town Markmannsgasse / KD-pier (10.08 am - 5.08 pm); 3. Gürzenich Hard Rock Cafe / in front of Deiters) (10.10 am - 5.10 pm); 4.Neumarkt Cäcilienstraße / Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum (10.20 am - 5.20 pm); 5. Rothgerberbach KVB-Bus Stop / Wasserturm (10.23 am - 5.23 pm); 6.Chlodwigplatz Ubierring Nr. 12 / KVB-Bus Stop (10.30 am - 5.30 pm); 7. Chocolate Museum Rheinauhafen (10.35 am - 5.35 pm); 8. Triangel tower Station Deutz Auenweg (10.45 am - 5.45 pm); 9. Lanxess Arena Gummersbacher Str. / KVB-Bus Stop (10.53 am - 5.53 pm); 10. Odysseum / Köln Arcaden Corintostr. / KVB-Bus Stop (10.57 am - 5.57 pm); 11. Zoo / Flora Stammheimer Weg (11.05 am - 6.05 pm); 12. Eigelstein Ebertplatz / Theodor-Heuss-Ring 9 (11.12 am - 6.12 pm); 13. Mediapark Gladbacher Str. 1 (11.20 am - 6.20 pm); 14. Friesenplatz KVB-Bus Stop (11.25 am - 18.25 pm)

City bus tours are not available on Women's carnival, carnival Sunday, rose Monday, Christopher Street Day parade, marathon, Christmas days (24 and 25 of December)

Provider

Willms Touristik GmbH & Co.KG

Booking Fee

Good news! No extra fees are applied to this booking.

Cancellation Fee

Receive a 100% refund if you cancel up to 1 day before the experience begins

Where

Burgmauer, 50667 Köln, Germany

Meeting point:

Board your bus in front of the Cologne Tourist Info Center. The buses are red and yellow.

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Reviews

Average

3.5/5

Based on 24 reviews from verified customers

All ratings (24)

Excellent (8)

33%

Great (4)

17%

Average (7)

29%

Poor (2)

Bad (3)

13%

Susiecutie

August 2026

From United Kingdom

Average

It’s mostly not particularly pretty. A very busy city centre. The road goes underground.

Susan

May 2026

From United Kingdom

Traveled as As a couple - 51 years old

Poor

Poor commentary. Very few interesting facts. German commentary playing over the bus speakers was very distracting. Poor visibility of several points of interest.

Catherine

April 2026

From United Kingdom

Traveled as As a couple - 37 years old

Great

John

April 2026

From United Kingdom

Traveled as As a couple - 56 years old

Great

Although the experience was booked through TUI there was no information whatsoever on the boat and we were told that the Hop On Hop Off buses were nothing to do with the boat or any member on it. Hence we had to find our own way to the first pick up point using the Hop On Hop Off website. The pick up point was not that easy to find. Once on the bus the pre-programmed commentary was interesting and the 90 minute circular journey was enjoyable - we saw parts of Cologne we would not have seen

Paula

March 2026

From United Kingdom

Traveled as With friends - 40 years old

Excellent

Couldn't fault this service

Cantello

March 2026

From United Kingdom

Traveled as With family - 38 years old

Poor

Was not told by tui rep until night before that boat would be moored further away.we would not have had time to go on any of our trips planned.could not cancel as less than 24 hours notice.we lost all our money and the rep on board was no help at all

Chris

January 2026

From United Kingdom

Traveled as With friends - 49 years old

Poor

The bus drove through uninteresting commercial areas. The bus broke down at a bus stop, the driver did not tell anyone, and after waiting 40 minutes, I inquired and was told a replacement bus was on the way. It arrived and did not move for a further 20 minutes as it had to fit in to the schedule. A complete waste of money.

George Saliba

October 2025

From United Kingdom

Traveled as With friends - 50 years old

Poor

The tour never happened as it was not done by organi,ers.

mrs holiday

September 2025

From United Kingdom

Traveled as With friends - 49 years old

Average

Clive

September 2025

From United Kingdom

Traveled as As a couple - 55 years old

Poor

While this bus did what it said on the tin, the basic problem is that there is not a great deal of "interesting Cologne" that can be seen by bus. All of the centre is a pedestrian zone. Added to this was that, despite fine weather, the roof was kept on the bus, further restricting visibility. The Cathedral was awesome and our walk around its immediate vicinity enjoyable. However, I would give the bus trip a miss.

Ian Holland

September 2025

From United Kingdom

Traveled as As a couple - 51 years old

Excellent

Roy

September 2025

From United Kingdom

Traveled as As a couple - 61 years old

Excellent

We enjoyed a trip on the Hop on Hop off tour. As we were short on time in the city the trip enabled us to see most of the sites from the bus. The information through the headphones was clear.

Betsy

August 2025

From United Kingdom

Traveled as As a couple - 43 years old

Average

We were at the front of the queue at 9.35am for the 10am bus - 1st bus of the day but it was late arriving. We'd been told the round trip would take 1.5 hours ....it took longer despite the driver missing out some parts, due to traffic. Apart from the cathedral (seen by foot) and the area near the zoo, Cologne is an ugly city with nothing of notable interest to see, so it wasn't a pleasurable tour at all. The driver was friendly enough when we got on the bus. My headphones/equipment didn't work.

KJH

August 2025

From United Kingdom

Traveled as As a couple - 51 years old

Average

Pretty boring tour, better research first and just go to individual places that might interest you.

David

July 2025

From United Kingdom

Traveled as With family - 43 years old

Excellent

Easy to find from boat Ran on time Headphones worked Good commentary Shame the bus couldn't go into the old town

Berni

April 2025

From United Kingdom

Excellent

Enjoyed all of it. No complaints.

Alan Riley

December 2024

From United Kingdom

Traveled as As a couple - 41 years old

Great

The bus tour was a standard tour, more commentary would improve thr experience.

Katrina

December 2024

From United Kingdom

Traveled as As a couple

Excellent

Julie

December 2024

From United Kingdom

Traveled as As a couple - 46 years old

Average

Lynne

October 2024

From United Kingdom

Traveled as With friends - 51 years old

Average

We found, surprisingly, that there was very little of interest on this bus tour of Cologne. It was difficult to listen to the English commentary on our earphones as the German bus commentary was quite loud and took over. The seat I first sat on was damp and on the next seat the earphone socket was broken. The seats were quite uncomfortable. We would have been better just visiting the Cathedral and the main square. The ship was docked in an ideal location for doing this.

Nick Kimber

July 2024

From United Kingdom

Traveled as As a couple - 52 years old

Average

The onboard commentary was coming over the earphones in two languages simultaneously. A bit of experimentation finally found it just in English.

Anonymous

May 2024

From United States

Great

We appreciated hearing information in our language, but also had the local language going the same time through a intercom. So it was hard to hear with two languages going on the same time. Drivers were very nice and helpful, and a good way to drive and see the area !!

Nick and Carol

April 2024

From United Kingdom

Traveled as With friends - 53 years old

Excellent

Tour great,however no hopping on or off as not enough time to enjoy the city! A days stop over would be much better We disembarked, caught the bus, did the tour, briefly visited the Cathedral then back on the boat !!

Paul & Julie-Ann

April 2024

From United Kingdom

Traveled as As a couple - 43 years old

Excellent

Only small issue related to the audio guide in that the local dialect came over the buses speaker system, whilst you are trying to listen through the earpiece to your own dialect. Bit distracting.